Denying the fans of the WCHA the opportunity to have a weekend series
with an out of conference WCHA team at your home arena twice, like the
current system is unfair. Its unfair for the traveling players to jump
on a bus right after the game and travel to another city for tomorrows
game. Certainly there are some exceptions NMU and MTU splitting a
weekend series. If the WCHA expands and forms 3 conferences, any non
confernce WCHA team will have to fly to Anchorage and then already
exhausted travel to Fairbanks for the next game the following day. The
same can be said for UAA to travel to North Dakota and then fly or take
a bus to Duluth. Then Mr. Olson from MTU said, something to the effect
that he forsee's 2 game sets with non conference opponents in altering
years.That would certainly be exciting not to get to see Wisconsin or
Minnesota play in Marquette for a year, I'Msure the MTU fans wouldn't
like this format either. The WCHA is not like the ECAC and the CCHA, it
covers a vast area where travel is expected but not expected to be
altered in such radical ways. Allowing UAF to join the WCHA will create
a scheduling headache. The WCHA will have to look at these factors close